The Air Force is requesting $114.1 billion from Congress in Fiscal 2014 to fund its base operations, according to Maj. Gen. Edward Bolton, the service’s budget deputy, and documents released on Wednesday. This request does not include funds for the...

The Defense Department is requesting $526.6 billion in discretionary budget authority to fund defense programs in its base budget for Fiscal 2014, announced Pentagon officials on Wednesday. “Even while restructuring the force to become smaller and leaner and once again...

Numerous Active Duty combat units in the United States, Europe, and the Pacific on Tuesday began standing down as the Air Force absorbs the funding cuts imposed by budget sequestration, announced Air Combat Command. Taking this step, which affects about...

Adm. Samuel Locklear, US Pacific Command boss, told lawmakers on Tuesday that, in light of the missile threat from North Korea, he requested the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system to Guam to protect the US...

While several senators on Tuesday attempted to press Adm. Samuel Locklear, head of US Pacific Command, on the effects of sequestration on operations in the Asia-Pacific region, he maintained that those impacts would play out as the Defense Department makes...

Data collected from the 2013 Air Force Community Assessment Survey will help service officials make decisions on installation-level program planning and resource allocation to help enhance the quality of life, readiness, and retention of Air Force personnel, states an Air...

The 21st Space Wing at Peterson AFB, Colo., closed the Morón Optical Space Surveillance System, a large telescope located in Morón, Spain, that helped detect, track, and identify man-made objects in deep space as part of the Air Force’s space-monitoring...

A series of errors led to the crash of an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft last December during a combat training mission at the Nevada Test and Training Range, announced Air Combat Command on Tuesday. Preflight, contract technicians improperly configured...

Lockheed Martin’s Skunkworks on Tuesday unveiled the company’s entry in the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike competition. The company is touting the design, which bears a resemblance to its classified Air Force RQ-170 Sentinel remotely piloted aircraft,...

The Air Force recently awarded Northrop Grumman a contract valued at more than $71 million to complete the delivery of the RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft and sensors procured in the airplane’s 10th production lot, announced the company on...